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Newly Discovered Human Brain Cell: Rosehip Neurons
What’s next for exploring the newly discovered human brain cell, the rose hip neuron? We caught up with Dr. Richard Scheuermann on the road to discuss how the J. Craig Venter Institute is advancing knowledge about what makes humans unique. See the full press release.
Scientists identify a new kind of human brain cell
One of the most intriguing questions about the human brain is also one of the most difficult for neuroscientists to answer: What sets our brains apart from those of other animals? “We really don’t understand what makes the human brain special,” said Ed Lein, Ph.D., Investigator at the Allen Institute for Brain Science. “Studying the differences at the level of cells and circuits is a good place to start, and now we have new tools to do just that.” A...
Research Schooner Tara in San Diego Calls for Innovative Citizen Science and Oceanography 2.0
Sampling of ocean life is hindered by the extreme cost, limited logistical flexibility, and high carbon footprint of classical oceanographic research vessels. The Global Ocean Sampling (GOS) expedition aboard the Sorcerer II yacht (2004-2010) paved the way for a new brand of oceanography based on the use of sailing boats to obtain samples suitable for DNA sequencing analyses of plankton. The Tara Oceans Expedition (2009-2013) extended this concept and sampled eco-morpho-genetic data from total...
About J. Craig Venter
J. Craig Venter, PhD, founder, CEO and chair of the J. Craig Venter Institute, is a biologist renowned for his contributions in genomics including sequencing the first draft human genome, the first complete diploid human genome, and construction of the first synthetic bacterial cell.
S2 Genomics Awarded $280,000 Phase I STTR Grant from the National Institutes of Health
LIVERMORE, CA – June 26, 2018 – S2 Genomics, Inc. has received a $280,000 Phase I STTR grant (1 R41 HG010129-01) from the National Institutes of Health’s National Human Genome Research Institute to develop the Singulator™ system for automated preparation of single cells or single nuclei suspensions from solid tissue samples. The system will include single-use sample cartridges and proprietary reagents that allow researchers to isolate cells or nuclei rapidly, reproducibly,...
Ocean Sampling Day 2018
J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) scientists, led by Lisa Ziegler Allen, PhD, are collaborating with Kelly Goodwin, PhD (NOAA), Brian Palenik, PhD (UCSD), and Maitreyi Nagarkar (UCSD) to participate in this year’s Ocean Sampling Day on June 21. The team, which also includes Sarah Schwenck and Ariel Rabines from JCVI, is sampling the water off the pier at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO). Ocean Sampling Day (OSD) is an international effort to simultaneously sample the world’s...
Researchers identify bacteria and viruses ejected from the ocean
Certain types of bacteria and viruses are readily ejected into the atmosphere when waves break while other taxa are less likely to be transported by sea spray into the air, researchers reported May 22. An interdisciplinary team of scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the University of California San Diego, and the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) reached this conclusion after replicating a phytoplankton bloom in a unique ocean-atmosphere wave facility developed by...
J. Craig Venter Institute Education Program Fosters Learning Opportunities with Salisbury University Students and Faculty
Patti Erickson, PhD first connected with the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) in the Fall of 2016 as an associate professor at Salisbury University looking for opportunities to expose undergraduate students to biology outside of the classroom. Soon thereafter, she and a group from Salisbury visited JCVI’s Rockville labs, forging a relationship that would lead her to working in the lab of Sanjay Vashee, PhD as a visiting scientist while on sabbatical. Her work at JCVI, which is ongoing, is...
J. Craig Venter Institute Makes Strides in Microbial Analysis of Artwork which May Lead to Better Preservation Techniques
Through the da Vinci DNA Project, researchers at JCVI began taking samples from aging artwork with the aim of understanding which microbial species are present are present on each.
JCVI President, Karen Nelson Inducted into the National Academy of Sciences
(LA JOLLA, CA)—May 3, 2018—The J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) announced today that Karen E. Nelson, PhD, Institute President and Head of Microbiome Research, has been inducted into the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) at its 155th Annual Meeting, April 28, 2018. Dr. Nelson was one of the 84 new members and 21 foreign associates elected this past May in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.